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A NEW SHELL TO IDENTIFY
10-24-2009, 02:47 PM,
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A NEW SHELL TO IDENTIFY
THE FIRST WAS EASY , AND THIS ONE ?
A COWRIE MESURE 1.5 inch (near 4cm) from tuamoti , Good luck and thanks

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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/CowriesCypraeidaeSp#5396206087132892882" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/CowriesCypraeidaeSp#5396206087132892882">http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/C ... 7132892882</a><!-- m --></a>  <span class="petit">--Last edited by pettini on 2009-10-24 18:51:54 --</span>
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10-24-2009, 02:53 PM,
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in Fact the color is grey-blue bad photos sorry
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10-24-2009, 04:00 PM,
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see the fourth and make a zoom
(note that is the real impression of vagueness on this shell)
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10-25-2009, 08:01 AM,
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It looks to be a juvenile of the arabica complex, but which I cannot say. An aperture view may be helpful.
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10-25-2009, 09:12 AM,
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i'll send you news photos tomorrow
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10-25-2009, 09:25 AM,
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news photos , please help

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/CowriesCypraeidaeSp#5396512299760568770" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/CowriesCypraeidaeSp#5396512299760568770">http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/C ... 9760568770</a><!-- m --></a>
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<a href="http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/CowriesCypraeidaeSp#5396512338377951890" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/CowriesCypraeidaeSp#5396512338377951890">http://picasaweb.google.fr/mikacharly/C ... 8377951890</a><!-- m --></a>  <span class="petit">--Last edited by pettini on 2009-10-25 13:28:08 --</span>
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10-26-2009, 09:29 AM,
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in fact i'm sure it is not a juvenile . i think it is near a cypraea zig zag ...
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10-26-2009, 09:59 AM,
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1 1/2 inches is too big for ziczac which also has a brown, not a white base. It is certainly a juvenile, you can tell by the exposed spire which would be calloused over in an adult, and the lack of callosity on the base leaving the pattern exposed. The pattern looks very juvenile too, very smudged and banded. I still would not like to say which species though.
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10-26-2009, 12:43 PM,
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I believe it's Cypraea arabica.  It isn't elongate enough for C. scurra or C. eglantina, too broad on top for C. depressa or C. maculifera, and the rest of the arabica complex doesn't occur in Polynesia.  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2009-10-26 03:43:42 --</span>
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